Ticket-holder



(N0 Mildel.)

A. P. DEWEY. TICKET HOLDER.

'No. 485,002. Patented Oct. 25, 1892.

ALVIN P. DElVEY, OF

TICKET- PATENT OFFICE.

GILBERTS, ILLINOIS.

HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 485,002, dated October25, 1892.

Application filed January 19, 1892.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALVIN P. DEWEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Gilberts, in the county of Kane, and in the State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful Ticket- Holder, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a central vertical section through thetop of the can, and Fig. 2 is a top or plan View of the cover of the canwith my devices attached.

My invention relates to improvements in ticket-holding devices formilk-cans and other objects. It is more particularly intended for use inmilk-cans. It is customaryin shipping milk in cans for transportation toissue to the shippers railway-tickets, each one of which is good for thetransportation of one can of milk from the place of shipment to theplace of its destination. These tickets are usually purchased in numbersfrom the company over whose road the cans are shipped,andone ticket isattached by the shipper to each of the cans of milk which he desires toship. As the railroad and other transportation companies usuallyrequirethat this ticket shall be attached by the shipper to the can before itis taken upon board the cars, it is desirable to provide a means bywhich the ticket can be easily and quickly attached to the can in someconspicuous place, and from which the ticket may be readily detached bythe employs -of the railroad or other transportation company. It isdesirable, also, to provide such a device that the ticket in beingdetached may be canceled, so that it cannot be again used.

The object of my invention is to provide a device by which theabove-mentioned objects may be attained, and I accomplish this by meansof the devices described in the accompanying drawings.

That which I regard as new will be pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, A indicates a milk-can, of the usual form. Y

B indicates the cover, of the ordinary form, adapted to fit into thecan.

0 indicates a handle, of the usual form, which is secured in anyappropriate manner to the cover B.

D indicates a frame formed, preferably, of

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wire bent into the shape shown in Fig. l and provided with adownwardprojecting point d, preferably at the middle, and adapted topass through a perforation e of the ticket E. The ends of the frame Dpass downward through holes 0 c of the handle 0, and the projectingpoint (1 passes downward through the hole 0 in the handle 0. Theprojecting point (1 may be sharpened, so as to itself perforate theticket when the ticket is put in place.

F indicates a cross-bar, preferably of metal, which is rigidly attachedin any appropriate manner to the ends of the frame D.

f indicates a finger-piece, preferably of metal, rigidly secured to thecross-bar, preferably at the center of said cross-bar.

G" G indicate springs through which the ends of the frame D pass andwhich bear against the top of the cross-bar F and against the under sideof the handle 0, and are secured in position by being soldered to themetal cross-bar or in any other appropriate manner.

H is a guard formed of a strip of metal or other suitable material bentintoa semicylindrical shape and of such length as to fit be tween theend portions of the handle 0 and of such width as when bent into shapeto cover the cross-bar F and springs and to fit within the under side ofthe handle. The guard H is secured to the underside of the handle Ginorder to strengthen the handle and to provide a guard for theticket-holding device to prevent the same being raised when the can islifted by the handle. The guard H is provided with an opening in itscenter of such size and shape as to expose the finger-piece f of thecross-bar F. The point (1 of the frame D is of such length that when thewire is in its normal position, as shown in Fig. 1, the point (I willpass downward through the hole 0' in the handle 0, securing the ticket Ein place.

When it is desired to attach the ticket to the can, the finger-piece fis pressed upward, lifting the cross-bar F and with it the frame D, sothat the point (1 will be raised above the top of the handle 0, asindicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1. The ticket is then placed inposition and the pressure upon the fingerpiece f is released. .Thesprings G G then push the cross-bar F and frame D back into the normalposition, thus securing the ticket in its place. \Vhen it is desired todetach the ticket, it is simply torn 01f, thus mutilating the gigicket,so that it cannot be a second time use I have described my device and inthe drawings have shown it as attached to a handle upon the cover of thecan. I do not limit myself, however, to a ticket-holdin g device placedas shown, as it is obvious that it could be attached to a handle uponany other portion of the can, or that it could be attached to a suitablesupporting device in any other place upon the can or other object towhich it is desired to attach it, as might be deemed most convenient.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with a support 0, of a frame D, having its endportions extending through and movable lengthwise in the sup port, apair of springs G, acting, respectively, on the lengthwise-movable endsof the frame which extend through the support, and a ticket-engagingpoint d, which is caused to engage a ticket when the ends of the frameare forced inward through the support, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a handle 0, of a frame-D, having aticket-engaging point (1 and movable in the handle, a cross-bar F,connecting the ends of the frame below the ticket-engaging point, andsprings G, acting to move the frame inward and cause the projectingpoint to engage a ticket, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the handle 0, of the frame D, provided with theinward-projecting point (1, the cross-bar F, provided with thefinger-piece f, and springs G G, adapted to keep the frame D in contactwith the handle C, substantially'as described.

4. The combination, with the handle 0, of the frame D, provided with theinward-pro jecting point (1, the cross-bar F, provided with thefinger-piece f, the springs G G, adapted to keep the frame D in contactwith the handle C, and the guard H, substantially as described.

ALVIN P. DEWEY.

Witnesses:

O. F. IRWIN, J. L. HEALY.

